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{{Short description|American politician}}{{Infobox officeholder|
| term_start2         = January 9, 1889
| order               = 
| party               = [[Republican Party]]
| profession          = [[Politician]], [[lawyer]], [[farmer]], [[investor]]
| spouse              = 
| death_place         = [[Effingham, Illinois]] United States
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1929|5|10|1854|08|20}}
(contracted; show full)m 1885 to 1889 and in the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] from 1889 to 1901.<ref>'Official Directory of the Forty-First Illinois General Assembly 1897,' J.L. Pickering-editor, Springfield, Illinois: 1899, Biographical Sketch of Augustus Bernard Wolf, pg. 12</ref>  He also served as the Chicago Alderman from the 32nd Ward from 1879 to 1882 before resigning the position.  

== Early life and education ==
Wolf was born in [[New York City|New York City, New York]] on August 20, 1854
, to parents August Wolf (1823-1905) and Henrietta Hoepfner (1823-1906). His father, August Wolf was an immigrant from [[Prussia]] and served in the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]], he was one of the leading members of abolishing slavery in the United States.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Masur|first=Louis P.|title=Senator Baker's Waveless Shore|language=en|work=Opinionator|url=https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/21/senator-bakers-waveless-shore/|access-date=March 22, 2017}}</ref>

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